5:52 AM,
Feb. 2, 2014

Jim Langdon graduated from Father Ryan in 1954 and is in the middle of his 50th year as a teacher there.

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In his 50 years as a teacher at Father Ryan High School, Jim Langdon has seen thousands of students walk in and out of his classroom.

He's given countless lectures, but the unassuming teacher struggled to find words to describe an honor the school gave him on Saturday. Jim and his brother Pat Langdon, who taught at Ryan for 43 years himself, were celebrated at the school's 35th Annual Legacy Gala.

"It's humbling. It makes you proud," Jim Langdon said. "That's the only way I can describe it." ...